chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
heir; inheritor; successor
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest); priest (below chief priest and above junior priest); grasshopper; locust
woman; female; feminine gender
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
producer (film, TV, etc.)
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
food; food products; foodstuffs
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
head of personnel department
man; male; masculine gender
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
section manager; section chief
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities